I went to medical assisting school before I was a R.N. The instructor there pronounced dyspnea and tachypnea "dis-peenia and tacky-peenia" I shudder to think of how many MAs went out into the world pronouncing it that way. I was too shy to correct h...
My first day working in LTC, i received report "Betty, nothing new. Sarah, she's ok. The boys is 212, well that one had a high sugar but the other is ok." I was seriously in tears after the 20 patient report. I was used to M/S reports with name, age,...
As a PCA/caregiver your job is to assist/remind the pt to take/apply/remove his meds. I assume you are not pouring meds into his mouth, just providing them and allowing him to choose to take or not. Thus, you are not legally "administering" them. Alo...
I've been a nurse for 12 years and I have never gotton over 1. Adult stools and 2. phlegm. When I hve to empty a commode I just lean over the toilet (door closed) and loose my lunch/breakfast/coffee while I flush the contents of the commode away.
I'm not an NP but I used to do phone triage for a pediatric clinic. The standard answer for phone requests for ABX or narcs was that the MD or NP would need to examine the child, we dont just call in meds at parents' request. My documentation of the ...
Better living through chemistry, I say! I agree that ativan during the working hours is not a good idea, however there might be new meds and alternatives. You might consider choosing a APRN as your mental health provider, he/she might have some insig...
The nurse's legal obligation is to make sure the patient SIGNS the consent: that is, match the name on the arm band to the name signed, to verify identity, then the nurse signs as a witness to the signature.(kind of like a notary). The nurse is NOT o...
pixie99 replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Relations
Yep, patients who complain about the previous nurse will probably complain about you too. It's called 'manipulation." When patients start, I tell them that if I listen, it is merely gossip, but would they like to talk to the supervisor? Before they ...
I was a model. No kidding. I had exceptional posture and I can still entertain my co workers by balancing a breakfast tray on my head while I walk gracefully down the hall during med pass.
I was an R.N. for 10 years and took a job in LTC when I moved to a new city and didn't have the "connections" to the hospitals yet. For 6 months I vomited on my way t work, cried on the way home and suffered panic attacks, unable to breathe during ev...
I think that "lose my license" might be code for "hit with a huge malpractice suit that will liquidate everything that I have ever worked for, force me to work past retirement, deny my children the education I have saved for and leave me homeless,, w...
pixie99 replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Professionalism
Bedside report makes zero sense. My patients get very grumpy when they have just been wakened by the aid to check vitals, then get wakened again by me at 7 to listen to their own report. We get punished for having overtime so we have to rush through ...
If an A&O patient is told to request help getting up and fails to do so, if he falls, it's his own dang fault. The bed alarm merely would have alerted someone to his fall sooner. It would not have prevented his fall. I am sick and tired of nurses...
When I hang a piggy back antibiotic, I stand and stare at it long enough to count 1-2-3 drips in the drip chamber. Always. this is after I got chewed out about leaving a piggyback clamped. The three drips is about the only OCD thing I do at work.
1. Your English is perfect. 2. You are a good nurse who cares about all of your patients. 3. You had appropriate physician orders to address his pain and you carried them out appropriately after assessing. 4. I doubt very much that you would have rec...